Book of Exodus

Tourists search for Mount Sinai in Saudi Arabia – but does a geographical location for pivotal Bible event even exist?

By Jacob F. Love — July 31, 2023
(The Conversation) — A scholar of the Hebrew Bible argues that very little is known about the location of Mount Sinai, and it is likely that it was once part of a foundational legend.

At Repro Shabbat, Jewish congregations try to change the narrative on abortion

By Yonat Shimron — February 16, 2023
(RNS) — At more than 1,200 synagogues this weekend, Jews will pushing back against the prevailing Christian view that abortion is religiously forbidden.

Sorry, Mr. President. You’re wrong on Exodus and immigration (COMMENTARY)

By Mark Coppenger — November 24, 2014
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (RNS) Whenever politicians try to cite the Bible to support their specific policies, Americans should be nervous.

Jews trek to the Mojave Desert for a visceral Passover

By Lauren Markoe — March 21, 2013
(RNS) More than 100 Jews will spend four nights and five days in the California desert this year to celebrate Passover, an experience, they hope, that will allow them to more viscerally understand the liberation of the Israelites who left bondage in Egypt and wandered in the desert 3,500 years ago.
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